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It might make it easier for people to switch one way or the other. So far, if you are on Android and want to switch to iOS you have to buy all the apps new. I could imagine that the Play store will negotiate app contracts so that a user in many case…
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focher said: It’s definitely better on its own, but there’s one use case that it’s really terrible for. If you use a personal Google Drive account and a company one under Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) then you can’t access both at the s…
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tshapi said: Facebook is angry about this because, this could make transparent the extent Facebook tracks you across all the apps you use on your phone. Apple is forcing Facebook and Google, mainly FB to become more transparent! How do yo…
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Spotify's gripes are mostly about having to pay 30%/15% of its subscription income to Apple for new and continuing members. After opting out of Apple payments for acquiring new members in 2016 Spotify can only sign them up outside the Apple ecosys…
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Gilliam_Bates said: aderutter said: If Apple does get forced to allow other app-stores it should let users know that installing a third party non-apple-approved app will disable all the Apple authored apps to ensure their security is n…
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lkrupp said: And people call Apple a bully. Google comes up with its own, proprietary codec and then refuses to support the industry standard H.265, finally bullying Apple into using it. Scratch your ass, Google. VP9 is an open-source and …
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skippingrock said: No one seems to mention that these fees have been enabling Apple to develop many of the hardware and software enhancements in iOS and new iOS devices. New iOS updates for features and security don’t come free. These are the…
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gatorguy said: avon b7 said: SpamSandwich said: avon b7 said: SpamSandwich said: Apple should drop the YouTube app from the App Store. It’s hot garbage. To be honest, YouTube is a great 'go to' resource for free…
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DAalseth said: corp1 said: Great, now we know how it actually works: Tencent makes a list of "suspicious" URLs (malware, pro-democracy, etc.)It hashes all the URLs and makes the list available for download. It retains a map of all of t…
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chaicka said: This app is far worse than other crowd-sourced app for the following reasons: 1. Developers choice to demarcate ‘anti-riot’ police spotted with icon of ‘dog’. Who in a sane mind/without ill-intention will do so? 2. Highly sens…
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doctwelve said: Geez a lot of commenters here should get into politics. You'd be able to sort out all these simple problems quickly and make the world, finally, a great place to live. Maybe some topics are inherently political. You can ch…
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tzeshan said: bigmushroom said: tzeshan said: But I have publicized it on some Chinese web site. Nice to know there is some good patriotic Chinese informers like yourself who tell the Chinese government whom else to pressure…
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tzeshan said: But I have publicized it on some Chinese web site. Nice to know there is some good patriotic Chinese informers like yourself who tell the Chinese government whom else to pressure and blackmail. While you are at it, while you…
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The question of interest will be app store and whether (a) Apple gives preferential treatment to its own services such as Music and (b) whether Apple can act as gatekeeper and keep charging 30% to every developer. What matters in these investigatio…
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dewme said: bigmushroom said: dewme said: So ... Apple invests many billions of dollars (or Euros), over a decade of calendar time, many millions of worker hours, and mortgages the future of their company in building out a massi…
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dewme said: So ... Apple invests many billions of dollars (or Euros), over a decade of calendar time, many millions of worker hours, and mortgages the future of their company in building out a massive infrastructure of technology, products, a…
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MplsP said: beowulfschmidt said: cropr said: I am chessplayer and a common rule in chess strategy is that the threat is stronger than the execution. That why I don't understand the actions of Apple. Apple might contractually be …
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command_f said: Thoughtful article, thank you. Google's appropriation of Java does seem to me to be morally, even if not legally, wrong and I respect Oracle for pursuing the case. That said, I'm not sure that (hypothetically) abandoning Andr…
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Rayz2016 said: maestro64 said: Do not worry gatorguy will be here soon to say this was mistake, No he won’t, because this isn’t a mistake. Google just admitted it by changing their documentation. Googleguy doesn’t attempt to deny…
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maestro64 said: Comcast just forced Disney to over pay for Fox assets, they had no real intention on buying Fox, they knew the Government would not allow it. It is the same thing Comcast did to Time Warner when rumors were circulating Apple…